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optimus2861
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Halifax, NS
Nov 2000
time: 01:26
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Originally posted by Urban Ranger
In the US, a crack is a violation of the draconian DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) because it forbids circumvention of devices that enforce copyrights. Check out the case of DeCSS for details. |
Yes, I know about that ridiculous DMCA. Thank heavens it doesn't apply to Canada  . DeCSS -- that's the Norwegian kid, right? The one who wanted to watch his own DVDs on his Linux system, then promptly got charged for breaking copyrights? In a startling display of common sense, Norway's courts found him not guilty and IIRC the charges were dropped  . But of course the Hollywood bastards appealed it, and I think it's still working its way through the Norwegian courts  .
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20-03-2003 00:24
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